Talk:Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)/Archive 1 - Revision history

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "Peter Farago" to "April Arcus"

2020-04-11T01:40:09Z

Text replacement - "Peter Farago" to "April Arcus"

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	:(By the way, typing is hard sometimes)		:(By the way, typing is hard sometimes)

	::Well, the revised video game script did originate with RDM. That's why I think that we can take it (with a large grain of salt) as instructive information where nothing else is available - subordinate in canonicity to actual episode content and RDM's public comments in his blog and podcasts. --[[User:~~Peter Farago~~\|~~Peter Farago~~]] 21:00, 18 September 2005 (EDT)		::Well, the revised video game script did originate with RDM. That's why I think that we can take it (with a large grain of salt) as instructive information where nothing else is available - subordinate in canonicity to actual episode content and RDM's public comments in his blog and podcasts. --[[User:April Arcus\|April Arcus]] 21:00, 18 September 2005 (EDT)

	:No it can't. Why? Because most of the information in it is just made up for purposes of the game: the storyline is notoriously shoddy. Long story short: something WE made up would be just as accurate as the Video Game. We should note it under "Notes" but it is totally non-canonical. --Ricimer, 18 Sept, 2005		:No it can't. Why? Because most of the information in it is just made up for purposes of the game: the storyline is notoriously shoddy. Long story short: something WE made up would be just as accurate as the Video Game. We should note it under "Notes" but it is totally non-canonical. --Ricimer, 18 Sept, 2005

	::At least part of the game script was suggested by RDM, although his input may not have been followed carefully. --[[User:~~Peter Farago~~\|~~Peter Farago~~]] 22:02, 18 September 2005 (EDT)		::At least part of the game script was suggested by RDM, although his input may not have been followed carefully. --[[User:April Arcus\|April Arcus]] 22:02, 18 September 2005 (EDT)

	To bring this topic up to date: The video game, as is the official comic, is an official product, but since it contradicts with many aspects of both series, please consider the video game and its characters and objects as a separate continuity. Use the <nowiki>{{separatecontinuity}}</nowiki> tag to mark any article derived from this video game.--[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 23:26, 1 July 2006 (CDT)		To bring this topic up to date: The video game, as is the official comic, is an official product, but since it contradicts with many aspects of both series, please consider the video game and its characters and objects as a separate continuity. Use the <nowiki>{{separatecontinuity}}</nowiki> tag to mark any article derived from this video game.--[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 23:26, 1 July 2006 (CDT)

SMcCandlish: /* Quasi-merge */ Link fix.

2007-10-01T06:15:42Z

Quasi-merge: Link fix.

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	A whole bunch of material at [[Galactica (~~video game~~)]] really belongs in ''this'' article, and is essentially off-topic blathering at ''that'' article. Much discussion of the game play, characters, etc., simply doesn't belong in what should be a very concise article about the ship in the game, and is blatantly missing from the article on the game (including the exact release date). I had an HTML-comment note in this article to this effect, but it was removed, so I'm bringing it up here in more detail instead. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 01:14, 1 October 2007 (CDT)		A whole bunch of material at [[Galactica (Video Game)]] really belongs in ''this'' article, and is essentially off-topic blathering at ''that'' article. Much discussion of the game play, characters, etc., simply doesn't belong in what should be a very concise article about the ship in the game, and is blatantly missing from the article on the game (including the exact release date). I had an HTML-comment note in this article to this effect, but it was removed, so I'm bringing it up here in more detail instead. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 01:14, 1 October 2007 (CDT)

SMcCandlish: New section: Quasi-merge

2007-10-01T06:14:44Z

New section: Quasi-merge

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	:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:::I have now reformed the category system for video games. For a schematic overview, see [[Special:Categorytree/Video Game\|here]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:08, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::I have now reformed the category system for video games. For a schematic overview, see [[Special:Categorytree/Video Game\|here]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:08, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

			== Quasi-merge ==

			A whole bunch of material at [[Galactica (video game)]] really belongs in ''this'' article, and is essentially off-topic blathering at ''that'' article. Much discussion of the game play, characters, etc., simply doesn't belong in what should be a very concise article about the ship in the game, and is blatantly missing from the article on the game (including the exact release date). I had an HTML-comment note in this article to this effect, but it was removed, so I'm bringing it up here in more detail instead. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 01:14, 1 October 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: /* Requested move */ cat system reformed

2007-09-28T21:08:41Z

Requested move: cat system reformed

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	::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			:::I have now reformed the category system for video games. For a schematic overview, see [[Special:Categorytree/Video Game\|here]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:08, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: another oops

2007-09-28T20:56:19Z

another oops

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	Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[:Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: /* Requested move */ Talk:Video Game feels logical

2007-09-28T20:30:17Z

Requested move: Talk:Video Game feels logical

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	::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Requested move */ reply

2007-09-28T20:13:54Z

Requested move: reply

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	:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: /* Requested move */ reply

2007-09-28T20:04:32Z

Requested move: reply

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	::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

SMcCandlish: Re: consistent naming, where would this be discussed community-wide?

2007-09-28T19:24:42Z

Re: consistent naming, where would this be discussed community-wide?

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	:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

Catrope: /* Requested move */ reply

2007-09-28T12:55:23Z

Requested move: reply

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	Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game}]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

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	::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			:::I have now reformed the category system for video games. For a schematic overview, see [[Special:Categorytree/Video Game\|here]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:08, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

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	Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		Please move article to [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)]], for consistency/sanity (there are two games now; see [[BSG Arcade]] which also needs a more intelligible name). — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 04:51, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:Done. Also moving articles like [[Raider (Video Game)]] to [[Raider (2003 Video Game)]] and updating links. We'll also have to reform the category system on this point, with [[:Category:Video Game]] becoming parent cat for [[:Category:2003 Video Game]] and [[:Category:2007 Video Game]]. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:18, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:For consistency, shouldn't that simply be [[Raider (2003 game)]]? The "video" disambiguation wouldn't be needed unless there were also a [[Raider (2003 board game)]] or something. And "video" and "game" aren't proper nouns, so no need for capitalization. :-) NB: I already fixed the disambiguation between the two ''BG'' console games, in their hatnotes. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 07:41, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

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	::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			:::::Since this is a one-issue thing (how to disambiguate video games), I would recommend that it be discussed on [[Talk:Video Game]], which feels like a logical place. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:30, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

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	:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			::::Generally, we don't disambiguate when there's only one of something. As for general discussions, the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]] is a good place for major discussions of scope; we also have the [[BW:WQ\|Wikipedians' Quorum]] for discussions. And for administrator/chief related matters we have the [[BW:AN\|Administrators' noticeboard]].-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki — ''New'']</sup> 15:13, 28 September 2007 (CDT)

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	::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		::True and true. However, (Video Game) seemed to be more or less of an established standard. If we decide it should be (2003 game) after all, I'll leave the dirty work of converting that to the one who came up with (Video Game) in the first place ;) Although it may also be decided (out of laziness), that (2003 Video Game) should be the standard and that this article should be renamed. --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 07:55, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
	:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)		:::Where would this discussion take place (I'm not sure where all the "places" are here, in comparison to Wikipedia, like your equivalent of the Village Pump, AFD/CFD/TFD/MFD, and so on); I would like to weigh in with the K.I.S.S. principle, especially don't over-disambiguate, and be grammatical and such things. — <b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">[[User:SMcCandlish\|SMcCandlish]]</span></b> [[[User talk:SMcCandlish\|talk]]] [[[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish\|cont]]] <b>‹(-¿-)›</b> 14:24, 28 September 2007 (CDT)
			::::A new section at [[Talk:Video Game]] would be the best place, I think. Our equivalent of the Village Pump is the [[BW:TANK\|Think Tank]], but that's really meant for larger things than a disambig decision. About over-disambiguating, we generally don't do that ([[Viper (2003 Video Game)]] because we also have [[Viper (RDM)]] and [[Viper (TOS)]], but [[Iphigenia]] isn't disambiguated). --[[User:Catrope\|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope\|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope\|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:04, 28 September 2007 (CDT)